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Jan 17, 2020 · 16. A book you’ve seen adapted: Room by Emma Donoghue List Progress: 4/30 TW for Sexual Abuse, Forced Captivity. Spoiler warning. So I just spent three days binge-reading to finish this novel. Having seen the 2015 film adaptation of Room, a 2010 novel, I knew mostly what to expect, but the combination of a gripping,…
Aug 20, 2010 · November 17, 2021. Room, Emma DonoghueJack lives with his Ma in Room, a secured single-room outbuilding containing a small kitchen, a basic bathroom, a wardrobe, a bed, and a TV set. Because it is all he has ever known, Jack believes that only Room and the things it contains (including himself and Ma) are "real."
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Sep 12, 2023 · Hey, you! What have you been reading these days? 😊Well, for my part, I took the time during the lockdown to re-read one of my favourite books, Room by Emma Donoghue. It's the story of a young girl who has been kidnapped and forced to live in a locked room. Years later, she gives birth to a little boy in this room. This story is about maternal-child love and survival and is told from the ...
Feb 29, 2020 · But not only did Emma Donoghue’s 2010 book Room make the bestseller list for over a year, it won Canada’s Writers’ Trust award for fiction and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
By filtering those themes through the eyes and mind of a child, Donoghue lays on the patina of a fairy tale. She also illustrates the power of mothering and the heroism of ordinary people. These are just some of the ways we triumph over a world full of terrors. Room will make an excellent book club read with lots to discuss.
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Apr 2, 2016 · Synopsis from Goodreads: Now a Major Motion Picture starring Brie Larson and William H. Macy#1 International BestsellerWinner of the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction PrizeWinner of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book (Canada and Caribbean region)Winner of the Hughes & Hughes Irish Novel of the Year.
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Mar 19, 2021 · Suffice to say, for a book about a kidnapped young woman being held against her will while raising her son, the narrative addresses the obvious emotional struggles and some not so obvious. The sense of tension in this novel is masterful. It waxes and wanes, ebbs and flows, but it’s always present in every scene.
